Sri Lankan preschool children do not consume a varied and balanced diet, which has resulted in the prevalence of malnutrition among preschool age groups for several decades. An accurate assessment of children’s diets ...

Guava (Psidium guajava) and veralu (Elaeocarpus serratus) are highly perishable fruits and are known to be rich sources of vitamins and show several important pharmacological activities. Specially veralu is an underutilized ...

Diabetes mellitus has become a global epidemic over the past few decades and is one among the major causes of death worldwide. Although various modern medicines are in the market, herbal medicines have usually maintained ...

The efficacy and dose response of oral hypoglycemic and antihyperglycemic effects of ten Sri Lankan plant extracts on glucose tolerance were evaluated in healthy and streptozotocin induced diabetic rats. A single dose of ...

There is an increasing trend of investigating natural bioactive compounds targeting pancreatic β-cells for the prevention/treatment of diabetes mellitus (DM). With the exploration of multiple mechanisms by which β-cells ...